Editorial: Other states have emergency financial reserves to help combat the coronavirus. Not Illinois. – Chicago Tribune

"At the moment, the state has a backlog of $7.5 billion in unpaid obligations to businesses, hospitals, social service providers and others. Those that go unpaid for more than 90 days — now totaling about $450 million — have to be financed at an interest rate as high as 12 percent."

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